Drinking-cup packet.



- W.E., GLAUSSEN... DRINKING CUP PACKET. 'APPLIGATwNTlLBD JUNE 25, 1913.

1,109,162'. Patentedsem.l 1,1914.

WALTER E. CLAUSSEN, 0F HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

DRINKING-cnr PACKET.

Licence.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

' Application filed .Tune 25, 1913. Serial No. 775,674.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER E. CLAUssEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Hartford., in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Drinking-Cup Packets, of which the following is aspecification.

This" invention relates to drinking cup packets, the object of theinvention being to provide an article of this character which can beinexpensively made and by which one or more cups for individual use canbe removed from time to time or as occasion requires.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of the presentspecification I have represented in detail one of the several forms ofembodiment of the invention, which to enable those skilled in the art topractice the same will be set forth fully in the following description,the .novelty of the invention being set forth in the claims succeedingsaid description. I do not restrict myself to such disclosure, however,as I may depart therefrom in several respects within the scope of theinvention defined by said claim. l

Referring to said drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of the packetopened, and, Fig. 2 is a like view of the same closed.

Like characters refer to like parts in both figures of the drawings.

The device comprises a container and a cup structure inclosable thereby,preferably connected therewith, and comprising one orI more cups. Thecontainer may be of any suitable character as may the cup structure butfor the former an envelop of cardboard or other suitable materialanswers quite satisfactorily. The cup structure comprises preferably aseries of cups connected in any suitable manner, for example inalternation to fold flat-wise together and to be inclosed by the envelopor equivalent part, the terminal cup being usually connected in somesuitable manner with the envelop or analogous device.

With the foregoing general description it is now `desirable to refermore in detail to what isillustrated by said drawings. An

envelop denoted in a general way is shown at -2 and comprises the body3, the end flaps 4 and 5 and the side flaps 6 and 7, onev of the sideflaps such as 6 having a slit as 8 to receive the tongue or tab 9 on thecompanion Hap when the envelop is closed so as to seal the cups withinsaid envelop and thereby make the packet sanitary and dust and germproof.

The envelop structure comprises a series of connected cups as l0, andthese may be made in the fashion shown in my copending applicationSerial No. 775,673 filed June 25, 1913. The cups are connected to each.

other along alternate sides and where they are united there may beprovided score lines as 11 to facilitate the separation of the cups fromeach other. The inner terminal cup has along one edge the strip 12 whichcan be pasted or otherwise connected to the inside face of the body 3 ofthe envelop, along one side edge thereof. In Fig.- 1 the envelo 2 isshown as wide open and the connect cups 10 as drawn or pulled out, byreason ofwhicli it becomes an easy matter to separate the first cup fromthe second and so on until the last cup is detached from the strip 12.After the envelop has been opened to remove one or more cups, tho eremaining are folded flatwise on each other when the flaps l and 5 areclosed on the outermost cup at which time the-flap 6 is brought down andthe tongue or tab 9 passed through the slot 8, the folded or collapsedcondition being illustrated in Fig.2.

What I claim is:

A drinking cup packet comprising a cup structure involving a. series ofcups connected in alternation with each other and an envelop to the bodyof which the cup structure is connected, the envelop having flapsadapted when closed with the body to completely inclose. the cupstructure, the cup structure being foldable flatwise within the closedenvelop.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVALTER E. CLAUSSEN. Witnesses: IJ. MWL,

HEATH SUT ERLAND.

